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minus-squareILikeBoobies@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·edit-26 days agoAlgorithms try to push body negativity if it thinks you’re a teen girl because they tend to scroll more and buy more when depressed. If it thinks you’re a single man then it tries to push manosphere stuff. On YouTube I find I my relevant suggestions last about a month before I have to mark a bunch of videos as not interested or block a bunch of channels.
minus-squarecaptainlezbian@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 days agoYeah there was a period where it noticed I watched a few trans youtubers and so it started promoting anti trans content, it was around the election (I forget if before or after), but either way it disgusted me that they’d do that
Algorithms try to push body negativity if it thinks you’re a teen girl because they tend to scroll more and buy more when depressed.
If it thinks you’re a single man then it tries to push manosphere stuff.
On YouTube I find I my relevant suggestions last about a month before I have to mark a bunch of videos as not interested or block a bunch of channels.
Yeah there was a period where it noticed I watched a few trans youtubers and so it started promoting anti trans content, it was around the election (I forget if before or after), but either way it disgusted me that they’d do that